Christopher Sands / @sandsatwilson

Christopher Sands is the director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and professor of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced international Studies (SAIS). From 1993 to 2007 Sands was a fellow and director of Canada projects at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and from 2007 until 2016 he was a senior fellow and director of the Initiative on North American Competitiveness at the Hudson Institute. Professor Sands taught American University’s School of Public Affairs (2005-2012) and at Western Washington University (2012-2017). Originally from Detroit, he earned a BA in political science from Macalester College, an MA in international economics, and a PhD in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.